Horace

Project Status:

Ordered some of these http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/prod_summary.jsp?code=MPX4250

Project Requirements:

Telemetry and control.

Sensor:

• pressure (potentially multiple, probably Freescale)
• radiation
• thermal (multiple? maybe 1-wire?)

Data:

• Icarus
• APRS

Control:

• buoyancy control - solenoid valve to vent balloon
• rope release - nichrome wrapped around nylon?

Project Notes:

References:

Radiation sensors:

• http://www.goldmine-elec-products.com/prodinfo.asp?number=C6979&variation=
• http://www.gammafet.com/
• http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=9298

Pressure:

• http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/prod_summary.jsp?code=PRESSURE_SENSORS&nodeId=011269

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